Peigneur [Comber]
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A one-page French encyclopedia entry defining 'peigneur/peigneuse' as both a worker who combs wool or other textile fibres and the machine used for combing. It describes the construction of the flax and hemp combing machine (steel-toothed combs on an endless apron, with a clamp carriage), credits Philippe de Girard with the first such machine and Heilmann with mechanical combing of wool and cotton (1845). An engraving shows a woman operating the machine.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1904
- Language
- French
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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